Thanks to findings gathered by FIP and the four other health professions that make up the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA), a new clause has been placed in WHO’s Pandemic Agreement, requiring parties to protect the safety of health professionals in emergencies, including priority access to personal protective equipment. In a statement given at the 154th World Health Organization Executive Board being held in Geneva, Switzerland, this week, the alliance commended governments for retaining in the agreement specific language on the continuation of essential health services, across the continuation of care, during pandemic preparedness, response and recovery and for the focus on health systems strengthening. “Without a properly supported workforce, there can be no robust pandemic response, and no universal health coverage,” the WHPA spokesperson said. The evidence gathered by the WHPA was published in March 2023 in a report on the extent of the physical and psychological damage done to healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic because the health systems they worked in failed to protect them. A report published by FIP in August 2023 defined key developments for pandemic preparedness for pharmacy.